[Secure-testing-team] Bug#870179: wireshark: CVE-2017-11411

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: wireshark
Version: 2.2.7-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13755

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for wireshark.

CVE-2017-11411[0]:
| In Wireshark through 2.0.13 and 2.2.x through 2.2.7, the openSAFETY
| dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in
| epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c by adding length validation. NOTE:
| this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for
| CVE-2017-9350.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11411
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11411
[1] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13755

Regards,
Salvatore